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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1968
Page
4
Opinion notes the surge in teacher protests and strikes across the United States. It highlights Philadelphia’s $27.6 million package raising starting salaries and easing budget gaps, preventing extended vacations for 290,000 students, and cites ongoing actions in New York and other cities.
A reader writes on personal faith and motivation, then a broader note on Alabama education, detailing the AFL CIO linked teachers union push for nationwide school action, Auburn University findings on graduates leaving the state, salary concerns, and potential pay hikes. It argues higher taxes may be needed to fund better pay and retention.
A prayer thanks God for bringing children to the new school year and asks blessings on public and private schools, towns and rural areas, teachers, and pupils. It prays for strength moral conviction love of country high ideals and education used for good and the coming of Thy kingdom. Signer: Winfield Burghhoff NYC director of editorial services Reformed Church in America.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson surveys the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and its global repercussions. He reports on domino fears, shifts in Moscow’s leadership signals, and theABLED drive of Czech reforms, plus the reactions of Ukrainian and East German figures and the Bratislava talks.
David Lawrence argues that Americans grow frustrated with the Supreme Court. Polls show rising unfavorable views linked to crime concerns and perceived overreach. Critics demand judicial reform and age limits or fixed terms for justices.
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